The past three months have been very busy for the HAR staff because of information requests, updating of the database and adding new collections. After talking about it for several years we were finally able to get our first Map of Tibet uploaded, linked and online. There are also three smaller maps based on the first and more maps on the way. A Lhasa map and a separate Barkor map are nearly ready. A map of West Tibet will be the next project.
- U-tsang Region
- Lhasa Region
- Samye/Tsetang Region
- Tsang Region

We are modifying the name of the 'blog' and simply calling it 'New on the Site' since that is what we use it for. It can now be accessed from the HAR Home Page. Generally we have updateed the 'New on the Site' at least once a week and in many cases more often than that.

The 'New on the Site' will replace the current quarterly Newsletter format. Traditionally we have sent out e-mail updates with the quarterly newsletter. This will change and e-mail updates will be sent out every month or two as the new additions and changes to the site accumulate. Currently we are finding that after three months it is very hard to remember all the important changes to the site, not to mention the minor changes. See the 'New on the Site' entries by month: May entries, June entries, July entries.

The Advanced Search page has been updated and simplified. All of the regions related to Himalayan 'style' art have been incorporated into the two search choices of Paintings (two-dimensional) and Sculpture & Artifacts (three-dimesnsional).

The Tibetan & Himalayan Library. The Tibetan and Himalayan Library (THL) is a publisher of websites, information services, and networking facilities relating to the Tibetan plateau and southern Himalayan regions. University of Virginia.